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attempt a similar work at our next meeting—what better time 
for such a joint session than the year following the catalogu¬ 
ing of the fruits of both states ? 
At the conclusion of his remarks Mr. Manville offered the 
following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: 
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the 
president to prepare and present to the Texas Stale Horti¬ 
cultural society an invitation to meet the Florida State Hor¬ 
ticultural society in joint session in the year 1896, and that 
said committee be empowered to act for the society in the 
matter of arranging timo, place and neeessary preliminaries 
for such joint session in case this invitation is accepted by 
the Texas society. 
Introduction of New Fruits and Plants. 
At the Pensacola meeting of the Society (April, 1893, see 
published report), Prof. W. T. Swingle, of the U. S. Sub- 
Tropical Laboratory at Eustis, Fla., urged that some steps be 
taken by the Society looking to the introduction of new fruits 
and plants. In an address of exceptional interest on this 
subject he pointed out the great gain that had resulted to our 
horticulture from the very limited importations which had 
been made, and called attention to the fact that hundreds of 
varieties and species remained to be introduced, which there 
was every reason to believe were especially desirable. He 
introduced his remarks as follows : 
“ The advances made during recent years in horticulture 
are largely due to the introduction of new varieties of culti¬ 
vated plants, or to the improvement of old ones by careful 
selection and hybridizing. When we consider the great 
changes the introduction of a single good variety may work 
in the horticulture of a whole district or state, it seems curious, 
to say the least, why more effort has not been made to procure 
all known varieties and test them thoroughly in each region.” 
After recounting and describing at some length many kinds 
which it was especially desirable to introduce into Florida, 
he continued : 
“After considerable thought it has seemed most feasible to 
me to organize a stock company or society for the express 
purpose of introducing these economic plants. * * * 
Baron von Muller enumerates 2,485 species of useful plants, 
